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Canada funds state-of-art infectious disease lab in KenyaHealth Minister Tony Clement cut a ribbon to open an ultra-modern, $4 million infectious disease laboratory in Nairobi on Friday, almost all of which was paid for by the Canadian government. |
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Campaign launched to plant 1 billion trees in 2007NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner called on people around the world to plant 1 billion trees in the next year, saying Wednesday the effort is a way ordinary citizens can fight global warming. |
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Hopes over new malaria treatmentNairobi, Kenya - British and Kenyan scientists have developed a new treatment for the killer disease malaria. |
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World Bank to Help East African Power CrisisArusha, Tanzania - The World Bank is preparing funding for Tanzania and Uganda to help the east African countries cope with a power crisis triggered by a three-year drought, bank officials said on Thursday. |
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Kenya increases compensations for wildlife attacks by nearly 700 percentNairobi - The Kenyan government has increased compensation for people either killed or injured by wildlife by nearly 666 percent after years of lobbying by wildlife activists and local communities, officials said Thursday. |
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Kenya: Biofuel Offers New Hope For Cane FarmersNairobi - Changing trends in global sugar production and energy supply have created an urgent need for the industry in Kenya to diversify. |
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Kenya to provide free Aids drugsNairobi - Kenya's president has announced that fees will be removed for anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), which combat the effects of Aids. |
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Anti-piracy centre opens in KenyaMombasa, Kenya - A maritime rescue centre, designed to provide a rapid response to acts of piracy and accidents at sea, has been launched in the Kenyan port of Mombasa. |
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Government launches team to fight child labourKenya - The Government has launched a committee to spearhead the fight against child labour. |
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Tsunami-orphaned hippo adopted by 100-year old tortoiseNairobi, Kenya - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said. |
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